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Leonardo DiCaprio will only work with directors who are "changing cinema".
The 41-year-old actor is aware that when he lends his name to a movie, it immediately gets financed and wants to use the "incredible gift" to champion "important" films.
He admits: "I get unhappy doing things that I'm not passionate about. Because I feel like I'm squandering this incredible gift I've been given to finance films.
"As soon as my name alone was enough to make this happen, I vowed to myself that I was going to work with directors who were changing cinema, doing something important, you know? This goes back to when I was a teenager, feverishly watching movies like 'Taxi Driver' and 'Apocalypse Now' and saying to myself, someday, I'm going to be a part of films like this."
And Leonardo felt similarly about 'The Revenant', admitting it was "pretty revolutionary".
He told The Telegraph magazine: "We all knew that we were a part of something pretty revolutionary. From the outset, Alejandro [González Iñárritu] had an extraordinary vision: to create a film the likes of which audiences had never seen before. You don't get those sort of results without going above and beyond the call of duty ...
"He [Alejandro] would be like, 'No, no, we're not going to shoot until the raindrops on that section of the bear fur match that section ... No, no, there's a patch of ground there that doesn't look quite right.' That's what it was like. Every day. Like a master painter painting a landscape."

Brie Larson wants to "learn" about herself through her acting roles.
The 26-year-old actress insists she refuses parts which are "just another role" and would rather pick something that can help develop her understanding of herself and "humanity".
She said: "I don't take roles that are 'just another role'. I'm interested in learning more about myself and about humanity. So it should change you by the time it's done."
And Brie, who plays a kidnapped mom in 'Room', feels the role taught her about the "struggle of being a mother" and helped her see her childhood from the perspective of her parents.
She added to The Independent's Radar magazine: "It wasn't the depression of Ma's story. It was how little I knew of the struggle of being a mother - how the capacity to love is so big. And suddenly I was able to, in some ways, relive my childhood from my mom's perspective and see how she loved and protected me in ways I never noticed ...
"I think seeing the love between a mother and child is something we can all really relate to. You can remember it from your own childhood perspective. You can see it from the adult perspective, and see the beauty of where the two meet and where they don't see things the same way, and the importance of growing up and those difficult moments where you have to grow up before you feel like you're ready."

Eddie Redmayne insists "nothing has changed" since he won an Oscar.
The 33-year-old actor picked up the Best Actor prize at last year's ceremony for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in 'The Theory of Everything' but he doesn't think taking home the prestigious trophy has had an impact on his career.
He said: "I am not in that league [the A list], I'm not Brad Pitt, I'm not Will Smith, nothing has really changed.
"It's about what scripts come my way and if you're lucky enough that they feel right, then you go with it."
However, Eddie - who can next be seen playing transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in 'The Danish Girl' - admits he can't comprehend just how successful he's been.
He added: "My dream was to get work as an actor, not to win an Oscar, but the fact I've managed to achieve both, and get the opportunity to play people like Lili and Stephen, it's more than I can comprehend sometimes."
After winning the Oscar, Eddie returned to work on 'The Danish Girl' and is grateful he was kept busy away from the "aftermath" of the ceremony.
He told Britain's OK! magazine: "Everyone thinks your life changes but it doesn't.
"You go back to work, which was literally back onto 'The Danish Girl', and actually I'm glad I was in the middle of production because it allowed me to envelope myself in the job and not get tangled up with the aftermath."

Eddie Redmayne doesn't think his career can get any better.
The 33-year-old actor scooped the Best Actor Oscar for the 'Theory of Everything' and landed roles in 'The Danish Girl' and 'Harry Potter' spin-off 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' last year and thinks 2015 marked his professional peak.
He said: "The stakes get higher each time if you've been lucky enough to be successful. Or at least they feel higher.
"What's complicated is... I'm having a year like this year, which is unquestionable the most extraordinary year, and I'm already accepting it's the best it will ever get.
"But you want to keep doing good work, to see how long you can extend it."
Despite his success, Eddie insists it hasn't made him more confident and he is constantly anxious about his work.
He told Britain's GQ magazine: "Anxiety drives me... and fear of screwing up...
"No confidence comes with [success]. You feel you've had this lucky break.
"You've got this gig that people admire. And you've done OK. But you also know that people are like, 'Who's he? Who's that dude? And you have to do it again.
"I'm perpetually nervous about pretty much everything really."

'Creed' director Ryan Coogler thinks 'Rocky' was like the 'Star Wars' for street kids.
The 29-year-old filmmaker - whose handling of the latest installment of the 'Rocky' franchise starring Michael B. Jordan has earned him much critical acclaim - was a huge fan of the original 1977 film during his formative years in California, and thinks it was a film for the "underdog", unlike the sci-fi franchise which came out the same year.
He explained: "I was born in 1986. And 'Rocky' was always around. 'Rocky' was like 'Star Wars' for the street."
The franchise - based on famous boxer Rocky Balboa - has spawned seven movies compared to George Lucas' original series having eight under its belt with a ninth on the way.
However, the sci-fi franchise isn't the only blockbuster family that the director thinks 'Rocky' is comparable to.
He also believes Balboa is like the British spy James Bond, who is seen "struggling" to get to grips with his age in 2014's 'Skyfall.'
Coogler added: "Balboa, like Bond in 'Skyfall', is struggling with age. The one thing that people are afraid of as they get older is losing friends and the relationships that define you. That is where we see Rocky at."
Meanwhile, Coogler revealed he drew on his father's experience with illness as inspiration for the film.
He told The Guardian newspaper: "My inspiration with this film was my relationship with my dad. My father was Rocky in real life. He was so strong and I associated his masculinity with physical things. But then he got sick and I realised that this is not what makes you a man; it's whats on the inside. With Rocky it is the same thing."

Samuel L. Jackson doesn't care that he's never won an Oscar because he is rich.
Despite Academy Award glory having eluded the 67-year-old star, he doesn't pine after the coveted gong because he is one of the "highest paid actors of all time" in Hollywood and says it won't "define" his career.
Jackson, 67, insisted: "It's not going to define my career in any way. It's not going to move the comma on my cheque. I guarantee you if you ask somebody who is the highest-grossing actor in the history of movies, they'll go, 'Samuel L. Jackson.' Is that a bigger honour than somebody not remembering that I won the Oscar last year for whatever movie I won it for?"
The actor's laid back approach to winning awards could be thanks to his first ever gong being in a category that was especially created for him at the Cannes Film Festival, for his portrayal as a drug addict in the 1991 indie film 'Jungle Fever'.
He is also most proud of playing Jedi Knight Mace Windu in 'Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.'
Listing the institutions that have recognised his achievements, he told The Times newspaper: "I mean, I have enough dubious honours to go around. I'm the only actor to win a Best Supporting Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. I got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, got my footprints at the Chinese Theatre. I have a Golden Bear form Berin. I got a Bafta award. I've won everything but that. I don't have an Emmy for TV because I haven't done enough TV, and I don't have an Oscar. That's pretty much it. Other than that, I'm the highest grossing actor in history. S**t, I'm a Jedi!"

'Orange is the New Black' star Laura Prepon has joined the cast of 'The Girl on the Train'.
The 35-year-old actress - who rose to prominence in the popular original Netflix drama with her portrayal of a lesbian convict in a US prison - is set to appear in the movie adaptation of Paula Hawkins' bestselling novel alongside Emily Blunt, 32.
The story centres around an alcoholic divorcée named Rachel (Blunt), who spends her daily train ride dreaming about an apparently perfect couple who live in a house she looks at from her carriage.
After returning home following a heavy bout of drinking covered in blood and unable to remember much, Rachel realises she may have witnessed or been involved in a serious crime.
Laura will play the second female lead in Cathy, the landlord, roommate and college friend of Rachel.
The brunette beauty has replaced 'House of Cards' actress Kate Mara in the role and Welsh actor Luke Evans has been drafted in after Jared Leto had to bow out because of his busy schedule.
Justin Theroux, Lisa Kudrow and Rebecca Ferguson also star in the Dreamworks movie, which is to be directed by Tate Taylor.
'Girl On The Train' is set for release later this year.

Sylvester Stallone filmed three "different" endings for 'Creed'.
The 69-year-old actor revisited his most famous role as boxer Rocky Balboa for a seventh time in the movie written-and-directed by Ryan Coogler, a reprisal he needed to be convinced of.
It has now been revealed Coogler, Stallone and Michael B. Jordan - who plays lead character Adonis 'Donnie' Creed, the boxer son of Rocky's late friend Apollo Creed - shot a trio of contrasting outcomes of the movie's final fight.
A source told the New York Post newspaper: "They shot the ending three different ways ... The way the fight ends in the movie is not how it was originally planned."
The reason for the multiple endings that Coogler could choose to use for his film's finale could be because a sequel was planned during the shoot.
Earlier this week, Stallone revealed a follow-up movie is on the table which could even see Rocky reunited with his former foe Apollo in some flashback scenes, with Carl Weathers returning to the franchise to reprise the role for the first time since 1985's 'Rocky IV'.
Stallone said: "Ryan has some ideas of going forward and backward and actually seeing Rocky and Apollo together. Think of 'The Godfather 2'. That's what he was thinking of, which was kind of ambitious."
Stallone's reprisal of Rocky has earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, his first nomination at the ceremony since making the original 'Rocky' - which he wrote as well as starred in - 39 years earlier.
The action legend is also being hotly tipped as the favourite for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Quentin Tarantino won't hold back his use of violence on men and women in his films.
The acclaimed director's latest western has received criticism because its female lead actress, Jennifer Jason Leigh - who plays killer fugitive Daisy - is seen with a black eye and bloodied lip after she gets the "s**t beat out of her", but Tarantino insists his use of brutality is fairly dished out between the sexes.
The 52-year-old filmmaker explained: "There are eight hateful people and you know it's going to end bad for a lot of them. But how bad and how it's going to happen, you don't know and you're waiting for it to happen.
"So I'm supposed to make seven characters play by those rules and I'm going to protect another character simply because she's a woman? That's just not how I do it.
"I don't have those concerns for my characters. Daisy gets the s**t beat out of her early on, not more so than anyone later on."
Tarantino's most recent credits also include the 2009 World War II epic 'Inglourious Basterds' and 2013 hit western black comedy 'Django Unchained'.
And while all three films feature violence heavily, there is a notable lack of sex because Quentin finds lovemaking scenes in movies uninteresting.
In an interview with The Sun newspaper, he said: "I'm not really that interested in it.
"It becomes a big deal when an actor gets naked and everyone gets hung up about it and it's just not as much fun as all the other days.
"To do a real erotic movie where you deal with that and to go around the world and have all those discussions about it, I wouldn't like that at all."